Penn State Nittany Lions
FBS
Big Ten Conference · PSU
Team Vitals
+28.5
power · 2026 · #9 D1
+10.4 / +18.1
off / def (higher = better)
2–0
2026 record
112
roster (2026)
Team profile 2025 · vs 136 FBS teams
Percentile against every FBS team, from 2025 play with garbage time excluded. No 2026 game has been played yet, so this describes last season.
- Win rate 43%ile 0.538
- Offense (PPA/play) 77%ile 0.250
- Defense (PPA allowed) 76%ile 0.078
- Offensive success rate 83%ile 0.472
- Defensive success rate allowed 70%ile 0.386
- Explosiveness 22%ile 1.206
- Explosiveness allowed 98%ile 1.054
- Plays per game 26%ile 58.0
median · bars right of it are above the FBS average · pace is a style, not a grade
Upcoming 2026
| Date | Wk | Opponent | Site | Model Lean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-19 | Wk 3 | Buffalo FBS | HOME | Penn State 97% |
| 2026-09-26 | Wk 4 | Wisconsin FBS | HOME | Penn State 84% |
| 2026-10-02 | Wk 5 | Northwestern FBS | AWAY | Penn State 72% |
| 2026-10-10 | Wk 6 | USC FBS | HOME | Penn State 60% |
| 2026-10-17 | Wk 7 | Michigan FBS | AWAY | Penn State 61% |
| 2026-10-31 | Wk 9 | Purdue FBS | HOME | Penn State 90% |
| 2026-11-07 | Wk 10 | Washington FBS | AWAY | Penn State 63% |
| 2026-11-14 | Wk 11 | Minnesota FBS | HOME | Penn State 93% |
| 2026-11-21 | Wk 12 | Rutgers FBS | HOME | Penn State 96% |
| 2026-11-28 | Wk 13 | Maryland FBS | AWAY | Penn State 80% |
Recent Results
| Date | Season | Wk | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-12 | 2026 | Wk 2 | Temple @ | W | 27–9 |
| 2026-09-05 | 2026 | Wk 1 | Marshall vs | W | 45–0 |
| 2025-12-27 | 2025 | Bowl | Clemson @ | W | 22–10 |
| 2025-11-29 | 2025 | Wk 14 | Rutgers @ | W | 40–36 |
| 2025-11-22 | 2025 | Wk 13 | Nebraska vs | W | 37–10 |
| 2025-11-15 | 2025 | Wk 12 | Michigan State @ | W | 28–10 |
| 2025-11-08 | 2025 | Wk 11 | Indiana vs | L | 24–27 |
| 2025-11-01 | 2025 | Wk 10 | Ohio State @ | L | 14–38 |
| 2025-10-18 | 2025 | Wk 8 | Iowa @ | L | 24–25 |
| 2025-10-11 | 2025 | Wk 7 | Northwestern vs | L | 21–22 |
| 2025-10-04 | 2025 | Wk 6 | UCLA @ | L | 37–42 |
| 2025-09-27 | 2025 | Wk 5 | Oregon vs | L | 24–30 |
Season by Season
| Season | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 72 | 9 | +63 |
| 2025 | 7 | 6 | 403 | 267 | +136 |
| 2024 | 13 | 3 | 530 | 264 | +266 |
| 2023 | 10 | 3 | 471 | 175 | +296 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2 | 465 | 237 | +228 |
| 2021 | 7 | 6 | 325 | 225 | +100 |
| 2020 | 4 | 5 | 268 | 249 | +19 |
| 2019 | 11 | 2 | 465 | 208 | +257 |
| 2018 | 9 | 4 | 439 | 267 | +172 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2 | 534 | 214 | +320 |
| 2016 | 11 | 3 | 526 | 356 | +170 |
| 2015 | 7 | 6 | 301 | 284 | +17 |
Injuries
Not an injury report. College football has no league-wide mandated one, and the ESPN feed we poll has carried the same three players all season — so an empty table here means nothing has been reported to us, not that the team is healthy. Nothing on this page, and nothing in our model, uses it.
Player grades 2026 season
Box production, opponent-adjusted, ranked within position (50 = positional average). OL rows are team-inferred — college football publishes no individual OL box stats. Full leaderboard →
| Player | Pos | Grade | Pos rank | G | 2026 season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Brahmer | TE | 88 | #4 | 2 | 6 rec · 87 yds · 3 TD |
| Tony Rojas | LB | 79 | #48 | 2 | 14 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL |
| Koby Howard | WR | 77 | #71 | 2 | 9 rec · 229 yds · 1 TD |
| Rocco Becht | QB | 76 | #30 | 2 | 539 pass yds · 7 TD · 0 INT |
| Ryan Barker | K | 68 | #49 | 2 | 3 FG · 9 XP · 18 pts |
| Caleb Bacon | LB | 67 | #246 | 2 | 8 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL |
| Chase Sowell | WR | 66 | #287 | 2 | 7 rec · 91 yds · 1 TD |
| Ikenna Ezeogu | DL | 64 | #581 | 2 | 4 tkl |
| Zion Tracy | DB | 64 | #546 | 2 | 10 tkl · 1 PD |
| Brett Eskildsen | WR | 62 | #397 | 2 | 7 rec · 59 yds · 1 TD |
| Zay Robinson | WR | 61 | #441 | 2 | 4 rec · 73 yds · 1 TD |
| Carson Hansen | RB | 61 | #316 | 2 | 132 rush yds · 2 rec |
| Cael Brezina | LB | 60 | #471 | 2 | 11 tkl |
| Audavion Collins | DB | 58 | #878 | 2 | 4 tkl · 2 PD |
| Josiah Zayas | DB | 58 | #872 | 2 | 4 tkl |
| Quinton Martin Jr. | RB | 58 | #408 | 1 | 38 rush yds · 1 TD · 2 rec |
| Siale Taupaki | DL | 57 | #1036 | 2 | 4 tkl · 1.5 TFL |
| Yvan Kemajou | DL | 56 | #1143 | 2 | 2 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL |
| Max Granville | DL | 56 | #1190 | 1 | — |
| Cam Wallace | RB | 54 | #522 | 2 | 44 rush yds · 1 TD |
| Kooper Ebel | LB | 54 | #747 | 2 | 5 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Bryson Williams | DB | 51 | #1429 | 1 | 1 INT |
| James Peoples | RB | 51 | #632 | 2 | 73 rush yds |
| Marcus Neal Jr. | DB | 50 | #1481 | 2 | 6 tkl |
| Jamison Patton | DB | 50 | #1482 | 2 | 6 tkl |
| Andrew Rappleyea | TE | 50 | #318 | 2 | 2 rec · 23 yds |
| Ty Blanding | DL | 48 | #1863 | 1 | 1 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Jeremiah Cooper | DB | 48 | #1710 | 1 | 4 tkl |
| Cam Smith | LB | 46 | #1137 | 1 | 4 tkl |
| Keanu Williams | DL | 45 | #2129 | 2 | 3 tkl |
| Daryus Dixson | DB | 44 | #1958 | 1 | 3 tkl |
| Alex Manske | QB | 43 | #459 | 2 | 57 pass yds · 0 INT · 11 rush yds |
| Nathan Tiyce | P | 42 | #191 | 2 | 5 punts · 41.6 yd avg |
| Vaboue Toure | DB | 40 | #2285 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| Amarion Jackson | WR | 39 | #1479 | 1 | 1 rec · 10 yds |
| Alex Tatsch | LB | 38 | #1465 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| Karon Brookins | WR | 38 | #1524 | 1 | 1 rec · 8 yds |
| Liam Andrews | DL | 35 | #2815 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| De'Andre Cook | DL | 35 | #2816 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Dallas Vakalahi | DL | 35 | #2817 | 1 | 1 tkl |